Money Grown on Trees

TokenizedGeotagged Maine Pine Cones
Natural Money from the Pine Tree State


Unit
of Account


A Maine Pine Cone is:
Durable
⚖️
Lightweight
💎
Scarce
🌱
Renewable
🐎
Stable


⛏️ No mining, minting, or printing

Store of
Value


Maine Pine Cones' intrinsic use value:
🎄
Ornament
📦
Packing material
🔥
Fire starter
👢
Satisfyingly crunch
🥣
Part of a complete breakfast


🎁 The perfect gift

Medium of
Exchange


Maine Pine Cones made fungible:
📍
LocationMaine
🌲
SpeciesWhite Pine
GenderFemale
📏
Size 5''+
🏺
ConditionStem; all scales; no seeds


✅ Easy to verify

The Pinecoin Protocol

So, you found a pine cone.
Is it Pinecoin grade?
Here's our initial Bitcoin-inspired verification protocol:
01
Location
The 23rd United State
The cone must have been legally collected in Maine.
Maine is 199 years old.
02
Species
Pinus strobus
Only cones from the Eastern White Pine are acceptable.
The White Pine is Maine's State Tree.
03
Gender
Male & Female
Female cones only.
Male cones are pollinators.
04
Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
From top of stem to end of rachis
Must be clearly 5 inches in length.
05
Condition
Wet & dry
Stem attached.  All scales intact.  No seeds visible.
Stem attached.
All scales intact.
No seeds visible.
Must be unsquished and crisp when dry.
If your pine cone meets these criteria...
You have a verifiable

Maine Pine Cone!

Tagging

Your Maine Pine Cone is ready to be tagged!

Simply...
  1. Clean thoroughly
  2. Heat to 140° F
  3. Link with an ERC-20 tokenGet your GPS coordinates, rounded to two decimal points
  4. Add a token identifier toWrite your geocoordinates in archival ink on a metal rim paper tag
  5. Tie a loop of twine and attach the tag
  6. Put in a cardboard mailer box (Optional)

Examples

Why collect Pinecoins? 🐿️

Support Sustainability
Maine is the only state over 90% forested.
Protect Our Trees
Earn without cutting down.
Sound Money
A pine-to-pine ecological cash system.

Technologies

Initial Cone Offering

Halloween 2018